Necktie



(No Model.) V

W. LAWRENCE,

NEGKTIE.

Patented May 24, 1887-.

N. PEYEHS Phum-Lilhograp UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM LAWRENCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,653, dated May 24, 1887.

' Application filed March 9, 1887. Serial No. 230,256. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention has relation to all classes of neckwear--for example, scarfs, ties, &c.for gentlemen, and has for its object to provide a means of fastening which shall be economical in cost, durable, easy to fasten and unfasten, and which will prevent the neck band from sli pping up at the back.

With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel construction, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, numbers being used to indicate the. several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the upper portion of the back of a shirt with a collar attached, illustrating the operation of myimprovement; Fig. 2, an elevation of the front of a shirt and collar, showing a scarf secured in place. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views, full size, partly broken away, illustrating the opposite ends of the fastener; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section ofthe neck of a shirt and collar with my improved fastener in use.

1 denotes the shirt, which may of course be of any preferred style, it being immaterial, so far as my invention is concerned, whether the shirt opens at back or front. I

2 is the collar, and 3 the neckbaud of a scarf or tie. The neckband is made double in the usual manner, it being of coursein'imaterial whether the lining or inner ply is or is not of the same material as the outer ply. The ends are notclosed, but the edges of the fabric are turned under and stitched down, as at 4 in Figs. 3 and 4. I thus, in fact, leave a socket, 5, at each end of the neckband. Within each socket is a strip of elastic, 6,which is stitched or otherwise secured within the socket at some distance from the end, as at 7, so that the elasticity of the strip is not impaired.

The fastener proper consists of two metallic parts or members, one member being eyeleted to each of the outer ends of the elastic strips. One of the members consists of a plate,8,having a cross-bar, 9, and the other of aplate, 10, having two catches, 11, which are adapted to be engaged by the cross-bar.

12 denotes the eyelets by which the two plates are secured to the elastic strips. The plates and eyelets are both provided with central openings, 18;

An important feature of my improved construction is that openings 13 are made large enough to permitthe collar-button to pass through them, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5. By so doing the possibility of the neckband of the tie slipping up on the collar is avoided. The wearer is enabled to adjust the tie-instantly, and it is firmly held when once adjusted. It will of course be understood that the elastic strips are made sulficientl y long to compensate for the ordinary differences in sizes of collars. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A tie or scarf having a ncckband made in two parts, a socket at the out-er end of each part, an elastic strip secured within each socket and projecting outward therefrom, and the members of a catch or clasp secured respectivel y to the ends of said elastic strips.

2. A tie or scarf having a neckband made in two parts, a socket at the outer end ofeach part, an elastic strip secured within each socket and projecting outward therefrom, and the members of a catch or clasp secured respectively to the ends of said elastic strips, said members being provided with openings, either of which is adapted to engage the collarbutton,whereby the neckband is held from rising on the collar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE.

Witnesses CHARLES H. KOCH, Jrzo. CUFF. 

